Loading and unloading device.



A. A. EGENESS.

LOADING AND UNLOADING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED 001'. 29, 1907.

902,21 7, Patented Oct. 27, 1908.

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I-lv Illlllllll! A. A. EGENESS. LOADING AND UNLOADING DEVICE. APPLIOATION FILED 00129, 1907.

902,2 1 7 Patented Oct. 27, 1908.

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A. A. EGENESS.

LOADING AND UNLOADING DEVIGE.

APPLICATION FILED 001229, 1907.

Patented Oct. 27, 1908.

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Svwen oz to farm wagons of standard sizes.

PATENT OFFICE.

ANDREW A. EGENESS, OF ROOM, MINNESOTA.

LOADING AND TJ'NLOADING DEVICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented. Oct. 27,1908.

Application filed October 29, 1907. Serial No. 399,673.

To all whom itmay concern:

a citizen of the United States, residing at Room, in the county of Faribault and State of Minnesota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Loading and Unloading Devices; of which the following is a specification, reference being bad to the accom anying drawings.

y invention relates to improvements in devices for loading and unloading wagons or the like, and more'particularly to one in the form of an attachment which may bereadily applied to an ordinary farm wagon and which will enable it to be quickly and easil loaded orunloaded, and also to be used as a ertilizer distributor, a stump puller and for other purposes.

The object of the invention is to provide a device of this character which will be simple, inexpensive, ractical and efficient.

With the a ove and other objects in view,

the invention consists of the novel features of construction and the combination and ar= rangement of arts hereinafter described and claimed and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a side elevation of a wagon showing my invention applied thereto; Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the same; Fi 3 is a rear end elevation; Fig. 4 is a vertical ongitudinal section showing the parts arranged for unloading the wagon or for use as a fertilizer distributer; Fig. 5 is a similar view showing the manner in which a log or other object may be loaded upon the wagon; Fig. 6 is a detail perspective of a modified form of follower for use in unloading the wagon; Fig. 7 is a detail view of a support which may be used when it is desired to hoist a shock of corn or the like into the wagon. and Fig. 8 is a detail sectional view showing the manner in which the stub shaft 12 is mounted.

While my invention may be built into and form a permanent art of a wagon or similar vehicle, I preferab y make it in the form of an attachment which may be readily applied It comprises two side bars 1 connected by a cross bar 2 and having journaled in suitable bearings in them a transverse shaft 3. The forward ends of the side bars are adapted to be bolted u on the outer faces of the upright sides of t ewagon box or body B as shown at 4 and the cross bar 2 is adapted to be similarly secured to the bottom of the wagon bed as shown at 5. Said side bars may a Be it known that 1, ANDREW A. Eennnss,

furt er secured by a strap 6 and by inclined braces 7. When said parts are applied-to the wagon bod the shaft 3 is arranged across the rear, endo the latter and slightl below the plane of the upper surface of its ottom. Said shaft is adapted to be used as a drum or Windlassand at suitable distances from its ends are secured cables or similar flexible elements 8 provided at their free ends with loops or eyes 9. 7

Fixed upon one of the ends of the shaft 3 is a ar 10 adapted to mesh with a pinion 11 fixe on a stub shaft 12 in the projecting rear end of one of the side bars or bracket arms 1. This stub shaft has a-limited longitudinal sliding movement in its bearing so that the pinion 11 may be nioved into and out of mesh with the ear 10 for the purpose of enabling the cabIesS to be wound upon the shaft 3. either by the hand crank 13 when said gears 10, 11 are in mesh, or by mechanism connected to the wheel axles, as hereinafter described, when said gears are not in mesh.

Said shaft 3 may be also rotated for the purpose of windi the cables 8 thereon, by power obtained rom one of the wheels of the wagon, and when this is desired the stub shaft 12 has fixed u on it a sprocket wheel-1,4 which is connected y a sprocket chain 15 to a sprocket wheel 16 carried by a gear 17 mounted on a stub shaft 18 carried by one end of a lever 20 pivoted on a horizontal pivot 21 so that the gear 17 may be raised out of mesh with or lowered into mesh with a gear 19 suitably fixed upon the "hub of one of the wagon wheels W.

For the purpose of unloading grain, corn, or other loose material and for enabling the wagon to be used as a fertilizer distributor I provide a suitable follower 23 which I connect to the cables 8. This follower may be constructed as shown in Fig. 6 or as shown in Figs. 2, 3, and 4 of the drawings. .In the last mentioned figures the follower is in the terial the crank 13 is rotated to wind the having arrange upon three of its side edges to un oad grain, ear corn or other loose mation to force the load in rear of it out of the rear end of the wagon body.. When the wagon is to be used as a fertilizer distributer the follower is placed in osition before the fertilizer is deposited int c wagon and the shaft 3 is rotated from the wagon wheel W through the means of the intermediate gear- .ing as will be readily understdod.

en it is desired to load into the wagon, barrels, boxes, logs or the like I preferably employ a skid 27 having at its upper ends hooks 28 to take over the-shaft 3 as shown in Fig. 5, and the cables 8-are suitably connected to the object to be moved u the skid so y operating that when the shaft 3 is rotated the crank 13 said object will be moved upon the skid and into the wagon body; as the cables 8 are wound upon the shaft 3.

The device may be used for pulling stum s and for similar purposes by arran 'ng tl ie shaft 3 above the stump and attac ng the cables 8. to the latter and thenoperating the crank to wind the cables on the shaft; and it.

may be used for lifting fence 'posts or the like and for stretching fence Wire by arranging u on one end of the shaft 3 a drum 29 to w 'c-h may be attached a hoisting cable or chain or the wire. that is to be stretched. When the device is used in this manner the body of the wagon may e su ported by one or more screw j acksor e uiva ent devices as indicated in dotted lines in Fi 3.

In Fig. 7 of the drawings T have shown a support 30fwhich may be suitably mounted upon the wagon body or upon a hay rack or the like and which is provided with a pulley 31 to receive 7 a hoisting cable ada ted to have one of its ends attached to the rum 29 and its other end attached to a shock of corn or any other object or load which it is desired to hoist andload on to the wagon,

' From the foregoing description taken in connection with the accompanying drawings it is thought that the construction, advantages and various uses of the invention will be readily understood without a more ex tended explanation.

Having thus described myElvention what I claim is:

1. The combination with a wagon body, of a follower therein, a draft cable attached to the follower and a winding. device for the cable operatively connected to one of the wheels of the wagon.

2. The combination with a wagon body,

whereby the Win ass may be connected to and operated by'one ofthe wheels of the wagon.

3. Thecombmation with a wagon body,

of a follower therein, a draft cable attached to the follower, a Windlass for said cable, a gear for operating said Windlass, hand operated means for actuating said gear, driving:

connections between said gear and oneof the wheels of the wagon, and means for throwing said driving connections into and out of operation.

4. The combination with a wagon, of bearings at the rear of its body, a transverse shaft in said bearings, a follower, a. flexible element attached to the follower and adapted to be wound up by the shaft and driving connections between the shaft and one ofthe wagon wheels.

5. The combination with a wagon, of bearings at the rear of its body, a transverse shaft in said bearings, a follower,- a flexible element attached to the follower and adapted to be wound up by the shaft, a winding drum upon one end of said shaft, a gear upon the other end of said shaft, a hand crank for rotating said gear, drivin connections between said gear and one of t e Wagon wheels and means forthrowing said driving connections out of operation.

6-. The combination with a wagon, of a follower therein, a winding shaft, draft cables between the latter and the follower, a gear upon said shaft and a second shaft carrying a pinion and a hand crank and mounted for longitudinal sliding movement whereby the pinion may be moved into and out of mesh w1th said ear.

7. The. combination with a wagon, of a follower therein, a winding shaft, draft eables between the latter and the follower, a gear carried by one of 'the wheels of the wagon, a lever pivoted intermediate its ends, a gear journaled upon one end of the lever and ada ted to be moved into and out of mesh wlth the gear upon the wheel, and

driving connections between the gear upon the lever and said winding shaft.

In testimony whereof I hereunto afiix my signature in the presence of two witnesses. f ANDREW A. EGENESS. Witnesses:

"B. 0. ANDERS0N,

O. J.'C1,ARK. 

